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Episode 55: Hair in the Chair (+ help fund the CD!!)
Almost halfway to fundraising goal, and playlist from last Thursday’s show! Thanks to all the musicians and lurkers who hung out, and to my Annie and Dan (my aunt & uncle in from Massachusetts!) for hangin’ with all us crazies 🙂
If you like what you hear, please considering chipping in to help make our live album! All proceeds go to good causes: 50% to WHIV 102.3 FM, and 50% to the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic! Big thanks to all who have chipped in so far; every little bit helps!
Visit the GoFundMe link here to support the Musicians’ Clinic, badass community radio, and New Orleans music!
Episode 54: GoFundThisLiveCD!
Launched the gofundme for the Musicians, Mentors, & Barroom Heroes Highlights (& Low-Lifes…) album, which is in the works as we “speak”! Thank you so much to everyone who’s kicked in, youse rock. Click here to contribute! All album proceeds will go to WHIV 102.3 FM and the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. Plus, you’ll get to hear live tunes/shenanigans from the past year of music and madcappery!
Several of the magicians who will appear on the album played live on last week’s show, we spun a bunch of local recorded tracks, we drank some seriously basic drinks (O’Doul’s out of a mug, vodka cran…) …a good time was had by all. Thank you to Rose for these photos I klepto’d 🙂
Episode 52 (S2): My Last Brain Cell is Called Custer
Fun 4-hr episode with a slew of familiar faces/guitars/etc back in the studio! The unofficial theme was, “Eh, fuck it,” but of course the actual theme was “?”.
Big thanks to Lili and Natasha for taking these pics! And this playlist is probably only 90% accurate (and maybe 60% in the correct order) because my brain spontaneously shut off approximately 75% of the way through the show. (Being away from New Orleans for a few months made me revert back to my natural state of being a perversely-early bird, plus the uptick in sobriety is always a jolt to the system….)
Episode 50: THE LAST STRAW (Season Finale)
Oh lawd!
Finally getting the playlist and pictures up from our season finale a week ago. What a night! We ran from 8pm to almost 1:30am and had over 50 guests in the studio, and various others tuning in from near and far. There were several newcomers (including my best&most-clever frand Brady, the notorious “Whalevo Rob”, and Jim Smith of Checkpoint Charlie’s Acoustic Open Mic), a bunch of old-comers, one dog, one child, a lot of delicious food, a lot of gas station food, Hair-on-the-Air (victim: me), Amber bringing a SPOCK candle (!!!) and Patrick Cooper announcing he was going to play “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” seconds after I’d cued up that album on my laptop.
We heard tons of local tunes (mostly live, a few …un-live? dead? undead? ) in the company of an ever-charmingly-diverse crew dear friends, sworn enemies, and neighbors. Our pals at United Bakery Records came in to announce the fabulous shows they’re putting together this holiday season, and we even got a surprise visit at the very end from our illustrious leader, MarkAlain Dery! (emojis) It’s been a great year, and I’ll miss y’all like the dickens. See ya on the flip side! Semi-accurate playlist etc. below… there was a rough draft, then people started shouting requests… you know how it is.
Episode 46: The Big Ol’ Chicken-Less Fest
Photo by Brandy
(It’s October 22nd, and you know what that means…it’s time for THE BIG OL’ CHICKEN-FEST!
(I completely made that up.) We’re celebrating my dad being in town with a boiled chicken/fried fish fiasco a la Darby and Brandy Roden, plus mystery *legal* reptile courtesy of Cajun cooker Red DeVecca… And (duh) New Orleans music played live from 102.3 WHIV FM studios! Plus…
Episode 44: Sqrrlz & Grrlz!
Following the raging success of last week’s “Fishes n B!tches” fish fry, Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes brings you “Sqrrlz & Grrlz”, a Michael-Darby-homecooked squirrel stew (or something) on-air extravaganza, complete with alligator meat from Red DeVecca and a frozen rabbit/possum from Lou. Come for the sqrrlz, stay for the grrlz. (Or vice versa.) Tune in for the sizzle.
Episode #36: They Call Him “Bonedaddy”
Mayhem + live original music! We’ve got Lane “They Call Him Bonedaddy” (and his awesome wife Jamie) and Red DeVecca on bass (if you tune in on the regular you’ve heard Red’s not-family-friendly tales of days of yore playing with Ernie K-Doe, Professor Longhair, and Snooks Eaglin…), one of my earliest/favoritist New Orleans friends Isabella Morrison, famous Big Daddy’s lurker and karaoke maestro James Nettles, and all those other people I extracted drunken promises from last night! I believe Nervous Duane said something about reading science fiction excerpts. And this just in, songster Jamey St Pierre and his daughter And, apparently Shawn Williams is still alive and will be rolling out of bed to join us too! (#BlameWanda.) Plus, you! (Get at me, this is an all-inclusive fiesta, and my car is full of booze.)
Episode #34: Wholesome Tidbits
Kicking things off with Jennifer Callan telling us about the Bywater Toys For Tots Christmas In July Party and some sweet live tunes from Mike Dill and Jonathan David Tankel (the Mutineers)! Lane “They Call Him Bonedaddy” in the house, that great bassist Red DeVecca telling a few tales from days of yore, vinyl junkie Corey Collins, co-horst Pizza Mike… whoever else wanders in. Playlist below!
Episode #24: N.O. Dead Air Cuatro, Jass Fezt Finale
Live tunes from Jean Bayou, Lili Dove, Andre Lovett, Marc Paradis, Natasha Sanchez, and Bob Worth! Additional yakking/lurking from Red DeVecca, Pizza Mike, Ashley Rice, Abby Tideman, Sarah Murphy, and/or myself. 102.3 WHIV FM 9-11 pm, tune in! (Phone in, from your local bar, living room, or out-of-state phone booth. I’ll hold your 2 cents up to the mic.)